Recently I noticed a mildewy smell in my
son's room. It smelt like someone left a
pile of clothes too long in the washing
machine, then threw them in his room.
I searched everywhere and cleaned
everything in his room looking for the
source of the smell. I even made my
husband cut a whole in the wall, pull down
the bathroom mirror, and pull up the
carpet all for the sake of finding the
cause.
The smell got so bad that my son also
began smelling like mildew. Regardless of
how well I washed him, his clothes,
bedding, or cleaned his room the smell
persisted. I decided to move him and all
his clothes into his sister's room until I
found a solution.
Oddly enough, my son still smells like
mildew. He has no contact with his room
right now, and yet he continues to emit
this odor. It doesn't matter if he's hot
and sweaty or right out of the shower. It
doesn't matter what time of day it is or
what he's doing- the smell is still
there.
Please help! I don't want my sweet little
boy to be the "smelly kid" at school!!!
Is there some sort of illness or condition
that can cause an otherwise clean, healthy
7 year old child to smell like mildew?
It's getting to the point where I hate for
him to even go to school because of how
bad the smell is.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 05-06-08 12:45pm
Are you sure that it is him that smells?
Maybe your towels and his clothes are
smelling like it and it rubs off on him
when he wears it. Make sure everything
that comes out of the dryer is dry. You
might want to change detergents to
something a little more aggressive, like
Tide with color safe bleach. See if that
helps!
I'm sorry you have to live with a nasty
smell...that must be hard to deal with.
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 05-06-08 13:12pm
Have you checked to see if your washing
machine has mildew in it?
That could be a reason... Like mominashoe
said, it's probably rubbing off on him
from his clothes or something.
There are ailments that cause strange
smells though. I would perhaps take him to
a dermatologist or something if you still
can't find the cause of the smell.
